Your Tasks
- Reporting to the Head of Technical Operations, you will be responsible for the management of the Mechanical Engineering team within our PFS and APT divisions.
- As part of the role, you will be responsible for ensuring that the Engineering and CAD teams achieve all proposals and project programme objectives.
- You will be responsible for ensuring that technical and programme objectives are met within the allocated project timing and budget constraints.
- You will be responsible for the appropriate product selection for individual Projects:
- Use of corporate standard and harmonised products;
- Feedback from existing facilities;
- Research and development (liaison with other Durr Group Companies);
- Benchmarking.
- As Technical Authority for Engineering and Design, you will provide mechanical engineering expertise for projects and proposals, ensuring compliance with engineering safety, technical and quality standards.
- You will ensure the use of up to date / Corporate standard engineering tools (CAD etc) to enable effective and efficient engineering in conjunction with Information Systems.
- You will attend and input into monthly Tech /Ops Dept meetings and input into, with attendance on request, at monthly Management meetings.
- You will be responsible for implementing a departmental strategy to ensure the future needs of the business are fulfilled.
- You will be required to report to the Head of Tech Ops on all aspects of project and proposal progress and cost control.
Your Skills
- You will have proven managerial skills with the ability to motivate and achieve results within an Engineering environment.
- You will have the experience and ability to effectively plan and manage resources, both internal and sub-contract, for projects of varying size and scope.
- Experience of capital / process plant installation and 'brownfield' modifications, ideally from within an automation environment, and from automotive or related process industries such as water treatment, oil & gas, food processing is essential. Experience of conveyor systems would be an additional advantage.
- Experience of working within both office and site environments is required.
- You must have experience of setting and working towards strategic goals.
- You will have the ability to oversee all aspects of a project with good adminitstration skills.
- You will have the ability to identify the root cause of a problem, apply a solution, and check that the solution has worked effectively.
- The ability to understand customer requirements and specifications with good commercial awareness is required.
- You will have an understanding of company financial reporting systems and the ability to manage project costs.
- You will be organised, methodical and have strong communication skills at all levels.
- You will be self motivated and have the ability to prioritise and plan workloads and work under pressure to meet tight deadlines.
- You will have a flexible approach and be able to work independently and within a team.
- Based at our head office Warwick, under a home / office hybrid working arrangement, you will need to be flexible with regard to travel and working time since this role could take you around both the UK and overseas.
